Galvao and Villa were fighting for a spot in the season-five bantamweight tourney finale with Eduardo Dantas, who earned a split-decision victory over Ed West in the night’s co-headliner and other semifinal bout. Villa clearly appeared to win the first round, and round three clearly appeared to belong to Galvao. The second round was the closest of the three, though many felt Galvao – who displayed solid striking and an effective sprawl – had done enough to take it. In the end, though, Villa got the decision via 29-28, 29-28 and 27-30 scores.

The loss was just Galvao’s second in his past six fights. In the opening round of the season-five tourney, he earned a split-decision win over Chase Beebe.